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 AAFP Conditions A-Z| Provider: | STAT!Ref (About) | | Description: | AAFP Conditions A-Z is a patient information resource designed to provide physicians with reliable patient education handouts concerning conditions and their treatments. The electronic tool is put out by the American Academy of Family Physicians and is updated quarterly. Material is organized via STAT!Ref's easy-to-use drop down menu format, allowing for quick retrieval of information.
AAFP Conditions A-Z is indexed in many of STAT!Ref's databases, including ACP PIER & AHFS DI Essentials, STAT!Ref Medicine, and STAT!Ref Dentistry and Nutrition.
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ACP Journal Club (EBM Reviews)| Date Range: | [1991-present] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | ACP Journal Club, a part of Ovid's Evidence Based Medicine Reviews Collection, summarizes clinically relevant original studies and systematic reviews into abstracts that aid physicians in the assessment and treatment of patients. ACP Journal Club provides critically appraised individual article synopses.
The database is made up of two sources: ACP Journal Club (which screens critically relevant medical material from over 100 journals), and Evidence-Based Medicine, a joint publication with the British Medical Journal Group.
Note: ACP Journal Club is a part of OVID's EBM Reviews Collection.
Note: ACP Journal Club and Evidence-based Medicine merged on Jan.1, 2000 and all current content is simply under The ACP Journal Club.
ACP Journal Club's Purpose and Procedure
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ACP PIER (Physicians' Information and Education Resource) & AHFS Dl Essentials| Provider: | STAT!Ref (About) | | Description: | ACP PIER is a collection of evidence-based modules organized via an easy-to-use drop down menu format that functions as a comprehensive online clinical support tool for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases at point-of-care. The database also links out to reliable patient education resources.
ACP PIER provides critically appraised topics such as evidence syntheses and guidelines. It evaluates and summarizes medical literature into concise guidance statements, and offers specific recommendations that are supported by clinical evidence for quick decision-making. Evidence is appraised through a rating system.
AHFS DI Essentials provides drug therapy monographs concerning prescription and OTC drugs that are derived from the full evidence-based guidelines found in AHFS DI.
| | Note: | Find out more about searching PIER on our Tutorials page. This STAT!Ref database provides patient eudcation materials through AAFP Conditions A-Z. |
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 AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Clinical Information| Provider: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (About) | | Description: | The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) conducts studies on the safety, efficacy, quality, and costs of healthcare delivered in the United States, informing both policymaking and clinical practice standards.
The agency maintains a freely accessible database of evidence reports, systematic reviews, practice guidelines, patient education materials, public health data, federal grants, primary and preventive care medical literature, and nursing resources.
Note:National Guideline Clearinghouse is provided through AHRQ.
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AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) Evidence-Based Practice| Provider: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (About) | | Description: | The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) conducts studies on the safety, efficacy, quality, and costs of healthcare delivered in the United States, informing both policymaking and clinical practice standards.
The agency maintains a freely accessible database of evidence reports, systematic reviews, practice guidelines, patient education materials, public health data, federal grants, primary and preventive care medical literature, and nursing resources.
Note:National Guideline Clearinghouse is provided through AHRQ.
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Academic Search Complete| Date Range: | [1865-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) |
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Access Medicine| Provider: | McGraw-Hill (About) | | Description: | AccessMedicine provides daily updated medical information that is culled from a variety of well-respected on-line medical textbooks including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and Hurst's the Heart to support both the clinician and student in quick clinical decision-making and continued education.
The database's online features include a drug index, reference guide to common laboratory tests, differential diagnosis tool, video and image gallery, clinical and basic science series, case files, practice guidelines, patient handouts, and board preparation materials. It serves as a source for critical background information.
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Access Medicine-Patient Information| Provider: | McGraw-Hill (About) | | Description: | AccessMedicine provides daily updated medical information that is culled from a variety of well-respected on-line medical textbooks including Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine and Hurst's the Heart to support both the clinician and student in quick clinical decision-making and continued education.
The database's online features include a drug index, reference guide to common laboratory tests, differential diagnosis tool, video and image gallery, clinical and basic science series, case files, practice guidelines, patient handouts, and board preparation materials. It serves as a source for critical background information.
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Access Pharmacy  | Provider: | McGraw-Hill (About) | | Description: | AccessPharmcay provides daily updated pharmacological information that is culled from a variety of well-respected on-line pharmacology textbooks to support pharmacists in decision-making and continued education.
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| Alt Health Watch |
An@tomyTV-Head & Neck for Dentistry| Provider: | Stat!Ref (About) |
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BIOSIS Previews| Date Range: | [1993-2002] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) |
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| Books @ Ovid |
Books in Print| Provider: | R.R. Bowker (About) | | Note: | Information ABOUT books. |
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Business Source Complete| Date Range: | [1886-Present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) |
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CDSR (Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews)| Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) is a part of the collection of evidence-based medical databases in the Cochrane Library; it stands as the cornerstone of current evidence-based medical literature and as the gold-standard model for systematic reviews. The database is updated and amended regularly.
Over fifty subject-driven teams of clinical experts locate and analyze hundreds of relevant scientific studies through a rigorous and highly evaluative meta-analysis process. The synthesized evidence is structured into comprehensive topic-based systematic reviews; the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence behind current healthcare practices are appraised.
Note: CDSR is a part of OVID's EBM Reviews Collection.
Note: See Cochrane Library Description.
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CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) - Ovid| Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is part of the collection of evidence-based medical databases in the Cochrane Library. It is a bibliographic database that contains the publication details of approx. 500,000 controlled clinical trials (CCTs) pulled primarily from MEDLINE and EMBASE.
Cochrane is the gold-standard for rigorously evaluated and reliable evidence-based medical literature.
Note: CENTRAL is a part of OVID's EBM Reviews Collection.
Note: See Cochrane Library Description.
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CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) - Wiley| Provider: | Wiley InterScience (About) | | Description: | The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) is part of the collection of evidence-based medical databases in the Cochrane Library. It is a bibliographic database that contains the publication details of approx. 500,000 controlled clinical trials (CCTs) pulled primarily from MEDLINE and EMBASE.
Cochrane is the gold-standard for rigorously evaluated and reliable evidence-based medical literature.
Note: See Cochrane Library Description.
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Expert Search| Date Range: | [1937-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) | | Description: |
CINAHL Plus with Full text provides comprehensive nursing and allied health materials from more than 750 journals and 220 books and monographs. The database collection dates as far back as 1937.
An evidence-based practice search limiter allows users to pull meta analyses, qualitative studies, clinical trials, and systematic reviews from evidence-based practice journals. Other features include quick lessons and continuing education material.
Note: Expert search maps to CINAHL subject terms while Advanced search does not.
| | Note: | This database provides evidence-based medical literature through search-limiter options |
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CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Advanced Search| Date Range: | [1937-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) | | Description: |
CINAHL Plus with Full text provides comprehensive nursing and allied health materials from more than 750 journals and 220 books and monographs. The database collection dates as far back as 1937.
An evidence-based practice search limiter allows users to pull meta analyses, qualitative studies, clinical trials, and systematic reviews from evidence-based practice journals. Other features include quick lessons and continuing education material.
Note: Expert search maps to CINAHL subject terms while Advanced search does not.
| | Note: | This database provides evidence-based medical literature through search-limiter options |
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CMR (Cochrane Methodology Register)| Date Range: | [1995-Present] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | The Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR) is a part of the collection of evidence-based medical databases in The Cochrane Library. It is a bibliographic database of systematic review and controlled trial methodology studies.
Cochrane is the gold-standard for rigorously evaluated and reliable evidence-based medical literature.
Note: CMR is a part of OVID's EBM Reviews Collection.
Note: See Cochrane Library Description.
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Chemistry Central| Provider: | BioMed Central (About) |
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Clinical Queries| Provider: | National Library of Medicine (About) | | Description: | Clinical Queries is the evidence-based search limiting function of PubMed's MEDLINE database. The on-line feature filters material from MEDLINE for evidence-based studies.
Clinical Queries uses methodology search filters to retrieve clinically sound control trial studies regarding the therapy, diagnosis, etiology, and prognosis of diseases. The specialized search interface also allows users to select systematic reviews. A third feature of the database searches for articles related to the field of medical genetics.
The database is freely accessible and serves as an aid to informed clinical decision-making.
| | Note: | Evidence-based search limiting function of PubMed |
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Cochrane Library| Provider: | Wiley Interscience (About) | | Description: | The Cochrane Library is an aggregated collection of six evidence-based medical databases, put out by the Cochrane Collaboration and the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, that includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Methodology Register (CMR), Health Technology Assessment Databases (HTA), and the NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED).
Cochrane is the gold-standard for rigorously evaluated and reliable evidence-based medical literature.
Note: See individual Cochrane database descriptions for more detailed information.
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Compendex - Ei| Date Range: | [1884-present] | | Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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Consumer Health Complete
(Spanish)| Provider: | Ebsco (About) | | Description: | Consumer Health Complete is a comprehensive health information database designed to provide patients with reliable health education materials concerning drugs, diseases, preventive medicine, and common medical topics.
The database includes patient geared evidence-based reports, alternative medicine information, concise fact sheets, and easy-to-read health education pamphlets. It serves as an online resource for patient education handout resources for both consumers and healthcare providers.
Medical literature is culled from a number of reputable resources such as reference books, organizations, academic journals, encyclopedias, and healthcare reports. Information is updated regularly.
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Current Contents Connect| Provider: | Thomson ISI (About) |
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DARE (Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects)| Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | The Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) is a part of the collection of evidence-based medical databases in the Cochrane Library. Systematic reviews regarding health and social care interventions are distilled into structured and value-added evidence-based abstracts with included critical appraisal for bottom-line clinical answers.
DARE, produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, provides high quality systematic reviews that have not been carried out by The Cochrane Collaboration; as such, it serves as an important counterpart to Cochrane's Database of Systematic Reviews.
Note: DARE is a part of OVID's EBM Reviews Collection.
Note: See Cochrane Library Description.
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Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer| Provider: | STAT!Ref (About) | | Description: | Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer, indexed in the STAT!Ref Medicine database, is an electronic resource of reliable patient-level drug information handouts.
Material is organized via STAT!Ref's easy-to-use drop down menu format, allowing for quick retrieval of information.
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Dietary Supplements Labels Database| Provider: | National Library of Medicine (About) | | Description: | Dietary Supplements Labels Database is an integrated database that provides information on the ingredients of more than 3,000 dietary supplements sold in the United States. Material is derived from NLM and NIH resources as well as manufacturer labels.
The database can be searched by a listing of manufacturers, active ingredients, or products. The indications, mechanisms of action, and adverse affects for each supplement is provided along with a direct link to the resource from which it is obtained. The database does not evaluate, but rather consolidates material for more informed decision-making.
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Digital Dissertations and Theses BCD only| Provider: | Proquest (About) | | Note: | To find BCD disserations: select Advanced tab, put "The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center" in top search box and choose "School name/code" from pull-down menu to right of search box; add additional search criteria. |
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Drug Information Portal| Provider: | National Library of Medicine (About) |
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DynaMed| Provider: | Ebsco (About) | | Description: | DynaMed is a collection of systematically reviewed evidence-based syntheses that provides physicians with quick clinical answers at point of patient care. The evidence is organized into easy-to-read structured abstracts. The database covers nearly 3000 topics and 500 medical journals, and is updated daily.
DynaMed serves as an online clinical support tool for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases. It utilizes a strict seven step evidence-based methodology when selecting and critically appraising evidence. The database also links out to reliable patient education materials; providing physicians with ready to use patient handouts.
DynaMed's 7-Step Evidence-based Methodology overview
| | Note: | To find patient information handouts from the database, first search or browse for your appropriate subject term and select it; then choose the Patient Information tab from the list of sub-categories that appears under the selected search term. |
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| ERIC (Education Resource Information Center) - Ebsco |
ERIC (Educational Resource Information Center)| Provider: | U.S. Department of Education (About) |
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EROS - Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis| Provider: | Wiley Interscience (About) |
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Ebrary| Provider: | Ebrary (About) | | Note: | You will need to download the Ebrary reader on your computer in order to view the E-books. |
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Enhanced Business Search Interface| Provider: | Ebsco (About) | | Note: | Searches Ebsco's Business Source Complete |
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Essential Evidence + (formerly Infopoems)| Provider: | Wiley Interscience (About) | | Description: | Essential Evidence + provides clinicians with evidence-based medical recommendations at point-of-care. Evidence is culled from multiple databases including Cochrane and The National Guideline Clearinghouse. Over 800 topics are distilled into evidence-graded synopses relaying information relevant to patient care.
The database's online features includes practice guidelines, medical photographs, continuing education opportunities, ICD-9 codes, an online dermatological diagnostic tool, and algorithms to facilitate patient care decision-making. Daily POEMS, via email, provide healthcare professionals with updated material.
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Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR)| Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews is an integrated collection of seven evidence-based medical databases that include the Database of Systematic Reviews (DSR), ACP Journal Club, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE), The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Cochrane Methodology Registry (CMR), Health Technology Assessment (HTA), and NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED).
EBMR Full-text serves as the quintessential one-stop source for evidence-based medical literature.
Note:See individual database descriptions for more detailed information.
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Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews Full Text- ACP Journal Club, Cochrane DSR, and DARE| Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews (EBMR) Full Text is an integrated collection of three evidence-based medical databases that include the Database of Systematic Reviews (DSR), ACP Journal Club, and Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE). Material provided is full-text.
EBMR Full-text serves as the quintessential one-stop source for evidence-based medical literature.
Note: See individual database descriptions for more detailed information.
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Faculty of 1000 - Medicine| Provider: | F1000 (About) | | Note: | Provides medical literature evalutions. |
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FastStats| Provider: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Health Statistics (About) |
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Federal Register| Date Range: | [1994-present] | | Provider: | U.S. Government Printing Office (About) |
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GEM (Gateway to Educational Material)| Provider: | U.S. Department of Education (About) |
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| Genome |
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Handbook of Texas| Provider: | UT Libraries and the Texas State Historical Association (About) |
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Health Reference Center Academic| Provider: | Thomson Gale (About) |
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| Health Source: Consumer Edition |
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition| Date Range: | [1975-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) |
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Health Technology Assessment| Date Range: | [2001-Present] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | Health Technology Assessment Database (HTA) is a part of the collection of evidence-based medical databases in the Cochrane Library. HTA summarizes medical, social, and economic details of health technology into brief records and structured abstracts. The database covers both completed and ongoing assessments.
HTA, produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, provides explanatory rather than systematic summaries of the implications and consequences of health technology at all levels of healthcare for the purpose of informing healthcare policy making.
Note: HTA is a part of OVID's EBM Reviews Collection.
Note: See Cochrane Library Description.
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Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health| Provider: | Thomson Gale (About) | | Description: | Health and Wellness Resource Center with Alternative Health is an integrated health information database that provides consumers and healthcare providers with reliable patient health education materials concerning diseases, drugs, alternative medicine, health topics, and overall wellness. Information is updated regularly.
The resource includes patient-geared concise fact sheets, easy-to-read health education pamphlets, and full-text articles. Medical literature is culled from a number of reputable references including the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine and Harvard Health Publications.
The database other online features include various health and risk assessment tools, a health information directory, and medical videos. Health and Wellness Resource Center also links to several trusted medical and health sites.
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HealthSTAR| Date Range: | [1999-present] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) |
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Highwire Press| Provider: | Stanford University (About) |
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Images.MD| Provider: | Current Medicine Group (About) | | Note: | ISSN: 1537-8926 |
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InfoTrac Custom Newspapers| Provider: | Thomson Gale (About) |
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Informaworld| Provider: | Informaworld (About) | | Note: | Contains Taylor & Francis, Informa Healthcare, Routledge, and Psychology Press journals. |
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Inspec - Ei| Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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Institute of Medicine| Provider: | The National Academies (About) |
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International Pharmaceutical Abstracts| Date Range: | [1970-present] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) |
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| Journals @ Ovid |
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LexisNexis Academic BCD only| Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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MD Consult - Ebooks| Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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MD Consult
(Spanish)| Provider: | Elsevier (About) | | Description: | MDConsult is an integrated collection of medical resources that provides healthcare professionals with quick and reliable answers to clinical questions at point-of-care.
The database includes peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, customizable patient-education handouts, drug information materials through Gold Standard, continuing education credit opportunities, full-content privileges for over 80 journals, and full-text access to over 50 leading medical reference books. MDConsult also links to current medical news.
| | Note: | A cleaned-up interface optimized for mobile devices is available at m.mdconsult.com. Users must be on campus and using the campus' wireless LAN to get access. |
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MD Consult--Patient Information
(Spanish)| Provider: | Elsevier (About) | | Description: | MDConsult is an integrated collection of medical resources that provides healthcare professionals with quick and reliable answers to clinical questions at point-of-care.
The database includes peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines, customizable patient-education handouts, drug information materials through Gold Standard, continuing education credit opportunities, full-content privileges for over 80 journals, and full-text access to over 50 leading medical reference books. MDConsult also links to current medical news.
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| MEDLINE - Ebsco |
MEDLINE - Ovid| Date Range: | [1950-present] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: |
MEDLINE is the authoritative bibliographic database of The National Library of Medicine, delivering comprehensive scientific records to articles in the life and biomedical sciences from 1950 to the present. The coverage of material is extensive and international in scope.
The database provides users with citations to articles from thousands of academic journals in medicine, the basic sciences, nursing, dentistry, history of medicine, and health services research. Citations and abstracts are categorized according to the NLM MeSH system for easy retrieval.OVID provides access to PreMEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, MEDLINE, and also includes in-data review, and in-process citations.
The OVID MEDLINE search interface allows users to focus and limit searches, and automatically map to NLM subject headings. An evidence-based medicine search limiter searches MEDLINE, DARE, ACP Journal Club, and Cochrane for EBM literature.
Note:See individual database descriptions for more detailed information.
| | Note: | This database provides evidence-based medical literature through search-limiter options |
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MEDLINE - Relemed| Provider: | Relemed (About) |
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MEDLINEPlus
(Spanish)| Provider: | U.S. National Institutes of Health / National Library of Medicine (About) | | Description: | MEDLINEPlus is a freely accessible database of comprehensive patient health education materials put out by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. The database provides consumers with authoritative information on over 700 conditions, and is updated daily.
Other online features of MEDLINEPlus include a physician, hospital and dental directory, medical encyclopedia and dictionary, drug index, medical news service, and links to clinical trials.
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MasterFile Premiere| Date Range: | [1975-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) |
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Material Safety Data Sheets| Provider: | MSDS-Search.com (About) |
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MedCalc 3000| Provider: | Stat!Ref (About) |
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Medcyclopedia| Provider: | GE Healthcare (About) |
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MedicLatina
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Micromedex| Provider: | Thomson Healthcare (About) | | Description: | Micromedex Healthcare Series is a drug information database that provides evidence syntheses of prescribed and OTC medications. Drug pharmacology material is delivered via an easy-to-use outline format that facilitates the rapid clinical assessment of current drug therapies. The database organizes critically relevant literature covering diseases and drug treatments into fully referenced guidelines and statements.
As a comprehensive clinical decision support tool, Micromedex also provides information regarding alternative treatments and laboratory tests. Customizable patient education materials concerning conditions and drugs are delivered through the database's CareNotes System.
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Micromedex--CareNotes System| Provider: | Thomson Healthcare (About) | | Description: | Micromedex Healthcare Series is a drug information database that provides evidence syntheses of prescribed and OTC medications. Drug pharmacology material is delivered via an easy-to-use outline format that facilitates the rapid clinical assessment of current drug therapies. The database organizes critically relevant literature covering diseases and drug treatments into fully referenced guidelines and statements.
As a comprehensive clinical decision support tool, Micromedex also provides information regarding alternative treatments and laboratory tests. Customizable patient education materials concerning conditions and drugs are delivered through the database's CareNotes System.
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| Military & Government Collection |
Morbitity and Mortatlity Weekly Reports| Provider: | Centers for Disease Control (About) |
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NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries (UK)| Provider: | U.K. National Health Service (About) |
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NHS Economic Evaluation Database| Date Range: | [1995-Presnet] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Description: | NHS Economic Evaluation Database (NHSEED) is a part of the collection of evidence-based medical databases in the Cochrane Library. The database summarizes and critically appraises studies that examine the economic costs of healthcare interventions. The database covers both completed and ongoing assessments, and presents its findings in easy to read citations and structured abstracts.
NHSEED, produced by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, provides systematically reviewed economic assessments to aid in informed and evidence-based clinical decision-making. The database contains over 5000 abstracts.
Note: NHSEED is a part of OVID's EBM Reviews Collection
Note: See Cochrane Library Description
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NLM Gateway| Provider: | National Library of Medicine (About) |
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NSDL - National Science Digital Library| Provider: | National Science Foundation (About) |
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National Academies Press| Provider: | The National Academies (About) |
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National Guideline Clearinghouse| Provider: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality / American Medical Association (About) | | Description: |
National Guideline Clearinghouse is a freely accessible database that provides systematically developed and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to healthcare professionals. The guidelines are formatted into easy to read structured abstracts.
The database, put out by AHRQ, also provides syntheses of related guidelines as well as expert commentary on select issues.
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National Institutes of Health| Provider: | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (About) |
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| Natural & Alternative Treatments |
Natural Standard| Provider: | Natural Standard (About) | | Description: | Natural Standard systematically evaluates scientific data from the fields of complementary and alternative medicine, synthesizing and organizing the material into peer-reviewed and evidence-graded monographs. Monographs are provided at both the professional and consumer level to promote both informed clinical decision-making and patient education.
Monographs covering functional foods, herbs, and supplements critically review the safety, efficacy, pharmacology, and contraindications of such natural treatments. Searching by indication, comparative efficacy charts analyze and systematically grade the effectiveness of conventional and alternative treatments for the prevention and management of diseases. Evidence tables examining the reliability of current literature are provided as well.
Other online features include an interactive symptoms checker, online health calculators as well as databases on genomics, environmental resources, and health and wellness.
| | Note: | To find patient information handouts from the database, first browse for your appropriate subject term and select it; then choose the flashcard or bottom-line monograph option from the list of resources that appear. |
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| NetLibrary |
| Newspaper Source |
| Nucleotide |
Nursing Reference Center| Provider: | Ebsco (About) | | Description: | Nursing Reference Center is a comprehensive clinical-decision support resource that provides nurses with critical evidence-based medical information at point-of-care. Evidence is evaluated and distilled into easy to read structured summaries and guidelines that aid nurses in informed and quick clinical decision making. The core of the database includes evidence-based care sheets, evidence-based patient education handouts, and evidence-based quick lessons for nursing procedures.
The database's other online features include nursing reference books, legal cases, diagnostic tests, point-of-care drug information, medical illustrations, links to practice guidelines from The National Guideline Clearinghouse, research instruments, and continuing education materials.
| | Note: | Uses a different search interface from EBSCOhost |
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Nursing Reference Center--Patient Information| Provider: | Ebsco (About) | | Description: | Nursing Reference Center is a comprehensive clinical-decision support resource that provides nurses with critical evidence-based medical information at point-of-care. Evidence is evaluated and distilled into easy to read structured summaries and guidelines that aid nurses in informed and quick clinical decision making. The core of the database includes evidence-based care sheets, evidence-based patient education handouts, and evidence-based quick lessons for nursing procedures.
The database's other online features include nursing reference books, legal cases, diagnostic tests, point-of-care drug information, medical illustrations, links to practice guidelines from The National Guideline Clearinghouse, research instruments, and continuing education materials.
| | Note: | Uses a different search interface from EBSCOhost |
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| OR-Live |
Old Medline| Date Range: | [1950-1965] | | Provider: | Ovid (About) |
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OncologySTAT| Provider: | Elsevier (About) | | Note: | Resource is free, but registration is required to view materials. |
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OncologySTAT--Patient Handouts| Provider: | Elsevier (About) | | Note: | Resource is free, but registration is required to view materials. |
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| Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man |
Organic Syntheses| Provider: | Wiley Interscience (About) |
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| Ovid Databases |
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PEDro (Physiotherapy Evidence Database| Date Range: | [1929-Present] | | Provider: | Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy (CEBP) (About) | | Description: | Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) produced by The Centre for Evidence-Based Physiotherapy, is a bibliographic database of randomized control studies, systematic evidence reviews, and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in the field of physiotherapy. Trials are evaluated according to a numerical grading scale that examines the internal validity and interpretability of the trials.
The database contains the abstracts and publications details of records in the area of physical therapy from 1929 onwards. PEDro is updated monthly.
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PEIR (Pathology Education Information Pier) Digital Library| Provider: | University of Alabama Pathology Department (About) |
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| Popset |
PreMedline| Provider: | Ovid (About) | | Note: | MEDLINE In-Process & Other Non-Indexed Citations |
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Professional Development Collection| Date Range: | [1965-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) |
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| Protein |
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection| Date Range: | [1965-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) |
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PubChem| Provider: | NCBI (About) | | Note: | Provides information on the biological activities of small molecules |
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Pubmed Bookshelf| Provider: | National Center for Biotechnology information (NCBI) (About) |
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Pubmed Central - UK| Provider: | British Library and the European Bioinformatics Institute (About) | | Note: | Mirrors Pubmed Central and includes additional links to resources hosted in the UK and Europe. |
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| Pubmed Central |
Pubmed| Date Range: | [1948-present] | | Provider: | NCBI (About) | | Description: |
MEDLINE is the authoritative bibliographic database of The National Library of Medicine, delivering comprehensive scientific records to articles in the life and biomedical sciences from 1950 to the present. The coverage of material is extensive and international in scope.
MEDLINE is the principal component of PubMed's search service system. PubMed provides free access to PreMEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, MEDLINE, and also includes in-process and out of scope citations. PubMed provides users with over 18 million citations to articles from over 5,000 academic journals in medicine, the basic sciences, nursing, dentistry, history of medicine, and health services research. In addition, the search engine links to NLM's integrated molecular biology databases.
The PubMed search interface allows users to limit and focus searches. Citations and abstracts are categorized according to the NLM MeSH system for easy retrieval. An evidence-based medicine search limiter pulls systematic reviews, controlled clinical trials, and practice guidelines from the database. Evidence-based literature may also be retrieved through PubMed's Clinical Queries feature.
Note: See Clinical Queries database description for more detailed information.
| | Note: | This database provides evidence-based medical literature through search-limiter options. |
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Religion & Philosophy Collection| Date Range: | [1975-present] | | Provider: | Ebsco (About) |
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RxNorm| Provider: | NLM (About) | | Note: | Requires the use of RxNav, a standalone java program that provides access to RxNorm database. |
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STAT!Ref - Dentistry and Nutrition | Provider: | Teton Data Systems (About) | | Description: | STAT!Ref Dentistry is a cross-searchable electronic library of integrated reference book titles in the fields of dentistry and nutrition.
Search results are organized for easy retrieval according to point-of-care, patient information, and medical discipline subject headings. Patient education materials concerning conditions are provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
The database's other online features include access to Stedman's Medical Dictionary, PubMed, and MedCalc 3000.
Note: See individual database descriptions for more detailed information.
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STAT!Ref - Medicine| Provider: | Teton Data Systems (About) | | Description: | STAT!Ref Medicine is a cross-searchable database of clinical, pharmacological and nursing reference book titles, and integrated evidence-based resources. The database functions as a comprehensive online clinical support tool for the assessment and treatment of patients by healthcare professionals.
Search results are organized for easy retrieval according to medical code, point-of-care, patient information, medical discipline, and drug information subject headings. Patient education materials concerning conditions and drugs are provided by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Conditions A-Z and Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer respectively.
The database's other online features include access to Stedman's Medical Dictionary, PubMed, National Guideline Clearinghouse, and MedCalc 3000.
Note: See individual database descriptions for more detailed information.
| | Note: | This STAT!Ref database provides patient education materials through AAFP Conditions A-Z, and patient level drug information via Detailed Drug Information for the Consumer. |
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(Spanish | Italian)| Provider: | University of Texas Health Science Center (UTHSC) (About) | | Note: | An Evidence-based search engine from UTHSC. |
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| Science & Technology Collection |
Science Direct| Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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ScienceDirect Ebooks| Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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ScienceDirect Reference Books| Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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Scopus| Date Range: | [1823-present] | | Provider: | Elsevier (About) |
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Springer Link E-books| Provider: | Springer (About) | | Note: | Browse by Subject List at right of page. |
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| Structure - Molecular Modelling Database |
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TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database| Provider: | TRIP Database Limited (About) | | Description: | Turning Research Into Practice Database (TRIP) is an evidence-based meta-search engine that provides healthcare professionals with the evidence needed to answer clinical questions in a timely manner. The database delivers pre-appraised medical literature in the form of systematic reviews, critically appraised individual articles, and practice guidelines.
Trip is freely accessible and simultaneously searches multiple evidence-based resources. The database also searches unfiltered information and provides medical images, e-textbooks, and patient information handouts.
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TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice) Database--Patient Information| Provider: | TRIP Database Limited (About) | | Description: | Turning Research Into Practice Database (TRIP) is an evidence-based meta-search engine that provides healthcare professionals with the evidence needed to answer clinical questions in a timely manner. The database delivers pre-appraised medical literature in the form of systematic reviews, critically appraised individual articles, and practice guidelines.
Trip is freely accessible and simultaneously searches multiple evidence-based resources. The database also searches unfiltered information and provides medical images, e-textbooks, and patient information handouts.
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| Texas Reference Center |
The Textbooks of Military Medicine| Provider: | Borden Institute (About) |
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| Thieme Electronic Book Library |
| Toxnet |
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Ulrich's Periodicals Directory| Provider: | Proquest (About) | | Note: | Information ABOUT journals. |
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UpToDate| Provider: | Wolters Kluwer Health (About) | | Description: |
UpToDate is a clinical information database that delivers quick answers to critical point-of-care questions. Recognized authorities drive the selection, analysis, and synthesis of evidence into fully-referenced, evidence-graded topic reviews. The summaries detail specific guidelines and recommendations for patient care, diagnosis, and management.
The database is a resource for background medical information, expert opinions, and peer-reviewed literature reviews. UpToDate also provides patient health information handouts concerning conditions and treatments.
Note:Due to licensing restrictions, remote access is not permitted.
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UpToDate: Patient Information| Provider: | UpToDate (About) | | Description: | UpToDate Patient Information is a clinical information database of reliable consumer-level health topic reviews. The online resource provides patients with easy-to-read medical education materials concerning conditions and treatments.
The database organizes patient education materials under browsable health topic categories to facilitate searching.
Note: Due to licensing restrictions, remote access is not permitted.
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Veterinary Anatomy| Provider: | University of Minnesota (About) |
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Web of Science| Date Range: | [1840-present] | | Provider: | Thompson ISI (About) |
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Wiley Interscience Ebook Library| Provider: | John Wiley and Sons (About) |
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WinkingSkull.com| Provider: | Thieme Publishers (About) | | Note: | Resource is free, but registration is required to view materials. Microsoft Silverlight plugin is required to view this resource. |
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Women's Health Resources| Provider: | National Library of Medicine (About) |
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WorldCat| Provider: | OCLC (About) | | Note: | Find books at libraries all over the world or closest to you. |
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Zynx Evidence | Provider: | Zynx Health (About) |
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